Well, if you're reading this then you probably know that Coheed And Cambria is one of my favorite bands. Actually, I only like Led Zeppelin more than them, and that's more out of respect. If there could only be one band making music for the rest of this World's life, I would pick Coheed And Cambria. Not the popular choice, but that's who I'd pick.
Year Of The Black Rainbow is the band's fifth album. It marks the end of the writing for Amory Wars storyline, actually being the prequel to the other four albums. The story is mostly about how Wilhelm Ryan became Supreme Tri-Mage of the Keywork, as well as how Coheed and Cambria were created by Dr. Leonard Hohenberger and started to fight evil and stuff. I haven't read the whole book, so I don't know for sure. However, there are some pretty good clues to the story in the music. A lot of "being something you don't want me to be" and "I didn't want to do this, you kind of tricked me" stuff. Anyway, we'll see.
The book so far is really good. I'm not sure how much Claudio actually wrote. Seems as if he gave the basic idea of what needed to happen page by page, or maybe even paragraph by paragraph, and the the co-author penned in all the pretty, fancy words. Who knows, but it's not really important. It's really good and the story moves well. It has jumped a bit, but it's easy to follow and know how it all connects together. The novel gets graphic at times, which is sweet. Lots of action.
So, the CD is 12 songs long with two demos, so 14 songs that covers about an hour. Sadly, no epic songs in this album. The songs are mostly short, for CoCa standards. Overall it's pretty good. At first listen it's just an even more metal progression from No World For Tomorrow, which is okay. I remember listening to that album and wondering what the hell was going on, and that happened with this one, too. But, I love them both now.
Some of the best songs are:
Pearl Of The Stars
World Of Lines
World Of Lines
When Skeletons Live
Here We Are Juggernaut
The Broken
Guns Of Summer
In The Flame Of Error
The album also came with a 25 minute DVD that is pretty much a "making-of" for the album. It's always nice to see Claudio's locks on screen from time to time.
It's also nice to see them in person!! The SLC concert is on May 10th, and I got my tickets today. I can't wait. Because I have the Black Card, I should be able to get into the venue before people who don't have a Black Card. And hopefully that mean scoring some more personal time with Claudio and the band. We'll see. But, that concert will cap off the YOTBR experience. The YOTBR won't end there, but it will be the end of the beginning.
[One of the best things about the whole package is how nice it looks. Columbia does a good job making sure the fans that love CoCa so much get all that they deserve.]
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